A2 Briefs, Oct. 3, 2005

An Evans man, who may have been assaulted last week in Greeley, has died.

Medics responded to a call that Lorenzo Salinas, 58, was found lying in the 700 block of 4th Street on Thursday. Salinas had been in critical condition at North Colorado Medical Center since. He was pronounced dead at 8:37 p.m. Sunday at the hospital.

After responding to a call to aid Salinas, medical personnel discovered he had suffered serious injuries and alerted Greeley police he may have been assaulted. Lt. David Spies of the Greeley Police Department said the case is still under investigation.

An autopsy will be performed today. Weld County Coroner’s Investigator Mark Ward said investigators would be able to tell whether Salinas died from an attack at that time.

A man died Sunday morning in a car crash in Weld County.

Timothy Bell, 36, of Billings, Mont., was ejected from his vehicle about 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Weld roads 17 and 32, east of Platteville. Bell was headed south on Weld 17 when his 2002 Chevrolet Blazer went off the left side of the road, hit with a barbed-wire fence and rolled more than two times. Bell was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He died at the scene. No other vehicles were involved. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Eric Wynn said the crash was still under investigation, and alcohol was suspected as a factor.

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Bell is the 41st person to die on Weld roads this year, compared to 74 deaths at this time last year.

Bell had been working construction and living in Milliken for the last couple of weeks, Weld County Coroner’s Investigator Chris Robillard said. The only passenger in the Blazer was Bell’s dog, a chocolate Labrador that appeared to be about 10 months old, Robillard said. The dog wouldn’t leave the vehicle at first, but animal control officers arrived and took the dog into their care. Robillard said the dog seemed to be all right.

The Colorado State Patrol has identified a man killed in a car crash Saturday morning.

Donald A. Scott, 28, of Alamogordo, N.M., was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash Saturday morning on Interstate 25, five miles north of Wellington. He was a passenger in a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Dina Scott, 35, of Alamogordo. Dina Scott was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital with serious injuries. A 13-year-old female passenger, who also was taken to Poudre Valley, suffered moderate injuries.

Dina Scott veered off the left side of the road and over-corrected twice before the Explorer rolled two-and-a-half times about 5 a.m. All three people were wearing seat belts. Alcohol is not suspected as a factor. The crash is still under investigation.

Greeley’s high of 88 degrees Sunday broke a record set in 1997.

In 1997, the record high was 87.

Temperatures are supposed to remain in the 80s today but cool off Tuesday and Wednesday.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Ten years after he went missing in the Colorado mountains, the body of a Fort Worth resident has been found.

Jim Mills disappeared in August 1995 after setting off toward the top of 14,345-foot Blanca Peak. A search by foot and helicopter turned up no sign of the father of four, and a year later his family held a memorial service at the base of the peak.

Della Duran, the Huerfano County coroner, said two Denver residents found the remains Sept. 10 and notified authorities that evening. On Sept. 17, after waiting days for the weather to clear, members of the Huerfano County Sheriff’s Department recovered the remains.

PUEBLO — No tickets sold for the Colorado Lottery’s Lotto drawing Saturday matched all six numbers, meaning the jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing will rise to about $1.4 million. The numbers were 3, 13, 17, 29, 34 and 42.